Shell Script Resource Adapter

Question

I am using version 7.0 and I'm trying to setup a resource using the Shell Script resource type. I am having issues with a few things:
1. How do I let the system know there was an error in the shell script? No matter what exit code I use in the Actions I have configured for the resource, the system thinks everything was successful. Relatedly, how can I send back an error message - where can I view it?
2. How do I send back multiple values for an attribute? When 'GetUser' is called, it is parsed by 'GetUser AttrParse', I haven't been able to successfully send back mutiple values for an attribute. I have tried semicolon separating the attributes so that I can comma separate the multi-values for an attribute. I have also tried pipe.
3. When I setup a new resource with the shell script resource type, the 'Test Configuration' button calls a unix command that checks for a bunch of unix commands that have nothing to do with what I will be doing in my shell script. Is there a way to change the test?

Answer 1

I found a way to send back multiple values for an attribute. Instead of using the collectCsvHeader and collectCsvLines AttrParse tokens as the resource reference guide says, I use str and skip tokens to parse the line. These tokens take delimiters and terminators for the line which allows me to send back multiple values for an attribute.
Line being parsed looks like this:
TEST USER, ,MN,People; /home/simtestusr; /bin/sh; 8888888888; simtestusr; 888; group1, group2; host1, host2, host2; ;
<AttrParse name='UnixShellScript GetUser AttrParse' >
<str name='gecos' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='homedir' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='shell' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='accountId' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='uid' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='uidnumber' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='groups' multi='true' delim=',' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skip len='1'/>
<str name='hostnames' multi='true' delim=',' trim='true' term=';'/>
<skipToEol/>
<MemberObjectGroups>
<ObjectRef type='ObjectGroup' id='#ID#Top' name='Top'/>
</MemberObjectGroups>
</AttrParse>
Also, SUN is telling me that the exit code problem (#1) may be fixed in sp2 for 7.0, I'm waiting to find out when it will be released.
I still don't have an answer for #3.